Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
# Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

| World record | Ippei Watanabe (JPN) | 2:06.67 | Tokyo, Japan | 29 January 2017 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Commonwealth record | Ross Murdoch (SCO) | 2:07.30 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 24 July 2014 |
| Games record | Ross Murdoch (SCO) | 2:07.30 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 24 July 2014 |

## Schedule

The schedule is as follows:

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Thursday 5 April 2018 | 12:07 | Qualifying |
| Thursday 5 April 2018 | 21:44 | Final |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Ross Murdoch | Scotland | 2:08.77 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Matt Wilson | Australia | 2:09.74 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | James Wilby | England | 2:10.07 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Andrew Willis | England | 2:10.52 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Calum Tait | Scotland | 2:10.83 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | Elijah Wall | Canada | 2:11.47 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | George Harley | Australia | 2:11.62 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Craig Benson | Scotland | 2:12.13 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Ayrton Sweeney | South Africa | 2:13.27 | |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Zac Stubblety-Cook | Australia | 2:15.71 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Luan Grobbelaar | South Africa | 2:18.90 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Taichi Vakasama Taichi | Fiji | 2:21.07 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Jonathan Chung Yee | Mauritius | 2:22.71 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Leonard Kalate | Papua New Guinea | 2:30.23 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Samuele Rossi | Seychelles | 2:32.99 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Jadon Wuilliez | Antigua and Barbuda | 2:39.88 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 3 | James Wilby | England | 2:08.05 |
| | 4 | Ross Murdoch | Scotland | 2:08.32 |
| | 5 | Matt Wilson | Australia | 2:08.64 |
| 4 | 6 | Andrew Willis | England | 2:09.31 |
| 5 | 1 | George Harley | Australia | 2:10.04 |
| 6 | 8 | Craig Benson | Scotland | 2:10.09 |
| 7 | 2 | Calum Tait | Scotland | 2:11.67 |
| 8 | 7 | Elijah Wall | Canada | 2:11.94 |
